Mick McCarthy praised Mustapha Carayol after the former Nottingham Forest winger climbed off his sickbed to score the winner in Ipswich's 1-0 victory at Preston.

It was the 29-year-old’s first goal for his new club, after leaving the Reds to move to Portman Road on transfer deadline day last month.

"I'm delighted for Mustapha Carayol to get his goal. He's had diarrhoea and sickness in the week. He could have had another 15 minutes but he'd run his race,” said Ipswich boss McCarthy, who substituted the Gambian at half-time.